MaxSynBio – Max Planck Research Network in Synthetic Biology. Cluster D: Ethical and Societal Challenges within Synthetic Biology

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Start date : 01.08.2014

End date : 31.07.2020


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MaxSynBio – Max Planck Research Network in Synthetic Biology

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Scientific Abstract

Synthetic Biology (SB) as one of the currently leading fields of so called emerging biotechnologies does not only promise new scientific insights into the organization of complex systems as well as possible applications for societal challenges but does also evoke several ethical, societal and governmental challenges. Within the first funding period we focus on the ethical questions colligated with SB on the one hand and the societal and especially participatory questions linked with the roots of SB as a part of the Do-it-Yourself-Biology movement as well as a citizens science approach. During the second funding period we will proceed with the work on developing modes for a governmental frame of responsible research and innovation in Synthetic Biology. Furthermore we will continue with the started work on technological innovation and modes of public participation at the interface of science and society as well as figure out the role of philosophical and theological concepts in dealing with processes of developing a synthetic cell. 

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